green living

Years ago I did a challenge called 31 Bags in 31 Days. The premise was a simple one, get rid of one
bag of junk from my home each day for the month of March. The challenge worked out great for me, and I
was able to get rid of a lot of stuff that we no longer needed, clothes that
could be donated or handed to a friend, toys that were either broken or were no
longer age appropriate for … [Read more...] about 31 Bags in 31 Days

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I always find it interesting to observe my garden – and others’
as well. There are weeks where there
doesn’t seem to be much growth at all, and then other weeks where it seems like
there is a ton of … [Read more...] about Garden Tour – Week 8

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Food preservation – is it something that you ever think
about? Growing up in Maine, and with a
mother who had a very large garden, putting up food was something that was
always done, jams … [Read more...] about Easy Ways to Preserve the Harvest

We are going into the final stretch for my garden, it doesn’t
seem possible, but that is where we are.
I hope that you are enjoying reading the garden tours as much as I am
enjoying writing about them!
This week there is a lot of green coming into the
house. The kale continues to grow
prolifically. Honestly, it has spread
and taken over most of my “greens” … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Ten

Here we are, the first day of August, and week nine of my
garden tours this summer. I am really
excited about this month because it is when the garden tends to explode with
produce (I’m thinking of tomatoes here!).
We are at a point in the summer when I am bringing in
handfuls of cherry tomatoes and green beans.
I have picked a few little pickling cucumbers – which I cut up … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Nine

It has been extremely cold the past couple of days. I guess that is probably a bit of an
exaggeration, temperatures in the 60’s are not all that cold. It certainly felt that way though, especially
in the summer months! I think that the
cool off and rain did help my garden though – the rain especially. It has been so incredibly dry here.
There is a lot of flowering … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Six